Hadith #1

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English Translation

Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that you people say that Abu Huraira tells many narrations from Allah's Messenger ﷺ and you also wonder why the emigrants and Ansar do not narrate from Allah's Messenger ﷺ as Abu Huraira does. My emigrant brothers were busy in the market while I used to stick to Allah's Messenger ﷺ content with what fills my stomach; so I used to be present when they were absent and I used to remember when they used to forget, and my Ansari brothers used to be busy with their properties and I was one of the poor men of Suffa. I used to remember the narrations when they used to forget. No doubt, Allah's Messenger ﷺ once said, "Whoever spreads his garment till I have finished my present speech and then gathers it to himself, will remember whatever I will say." So, I spread my colored garment which I was wearing till Allah's Messenger ﷺ had finished his saying, and then I gathered it to my chest. So, I did not forget any of that narrations